Snow Totals Along The Coast

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With palm trees in the background, two people venture out this Christmas morning along Galveston's seawall to look at the estimated four inches of snow that fell overnight in the island city.

Roy August, left, decorates a snowman created by wife Tina, with help from daughters Haley, 1, and Alexis, 5, this morning in Galveston's east end.

Many area records fall along with the snow

Despite all the white stuff, no serious accidents reported

By RON NISSIMOV

Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

Many communities in Southeast Texas woke up to a white Christmas this morning with large snowfalls that shattered previous records for one-day snow totals.

Despite the unusually high snowfalls, area public safety officials said they did not have reports of serious car accidents related to snow or ice. The highest area snowfall reported this morning was 13 inches in Brazoria, according to the National Weather Service.

Several other communities recorded slightly lower amounts, including 12 inches in Ganado, 12 inches in Louise, 10-12 inches in Edna, 10-12 inches near Van Vleck, and 8-10 inches in Bay City.

Other communities received smaller but nevertheless measurable amounts, such as 4 inches in Galveston.

Charles Roeseler, a meteorologist at the NWS office in League City, said this morning's totals likely far surpass record one-day snowfalls for many communities, but the NWS only has historical data on some of the communities.

For example, Edna had a previous record of 4.5 inches on Feb. 12, 1960, and Bay City a previous record of 3.8 inches on Feb. 12, 1958.

Roeseler said Galveston has a record one-day snowfall of 15 inches on Feb. 15, 1895, but today's total is the highest in the beach community since at least 1947. He said the NWS does not have computerized data for Galveston between 1895 and 1947.

Corpus Christi also received a record snowfall of 4.4 inches, which broke the record of 4.3 inches set on Feb. 14, 1895. Victoria had 10 inches of snow

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He said the NWS does not have computerized data for Galveston between 1895 and 1947.

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